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Floating solar offers a smart solution to land scarcity by utilizing water surfaces for clean energy generation. Learn more in our weekly topic from 21-24 July.
Q Energy France came first in the recent French solar tender and now has a fixed tariff and planning permission for a 66-megawatt solar project on a former gravel pit in north-eastern France.
Belectric will build another floating solar plant in Israel by the end of 2022. The project developer will also take over the operation and maintenance of the plant that will have an output of almost 17 megawatts.
The Baywa r.e. Group and its Dutch subsidiary Groenleven are now launching two floating PV parks in the Netherlands. The Sellingen park, with 41 megawatts, and the Uivermeertjes park, with almost 30 megawatts, are the two largest plants outside Asia.
RWE has officially commissioned its first ground-mounted photovoltaic project in the Netherlands. Solar Park Kerkrade, in the province of Limburg has an installed capacity of 14.7 megawatts.
Baywa r.e. has published initial research results on the environmental impact of floating PV. They show no negative impact on the floating solar park's environment.
The guideline about recommended practice for floating solar power projects of DNV was developed through collaboration with 24 industry participants
Bomhofsplas, the 27.4-megawatt floating-PV Park in the Netherlands, has been sold by BayWa r.e. to a Dutch energy consortium, comprising Energiefonds Overijssel, Blauwvinger Energie and a private investor, with financing support from ASN Groenprojectenfonds.
